* TaxGirl Kelly Phillips Erb on the new IRS push to collect from sneaky rich people
* Christian Science Monitor writer Ben Arnoldy from Kabul, on what happened with Karzai, Pakistan vs. Afghanistan priorities, and Afghan nightlife
* Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris Ison stops by with details on the federal "shield law" proposal working its way through Congress
* NewsTune: Our guy, Karzai. (video)
* Listener responses to: How have you been shaped by where you're from?
* Swine-flu vaccine, Chorus Line-style

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I was very glad that you really got into two big issues related to shield laws: the abuse of anonymity by the anonymice, and the definition of what a journalist is. I'm glad to head that the planned legislation will have a broad definition of journalists, a class of people for whom I lose even more respect each time they use chickenhearted anonymous sources with no justification. I don't really think shield laws are appropriate: we're not talking about journalists risking torture. At worst they go to jail for a few days or weeks. I think that's sometimes the price to pay for your integrity. It's kind of like filibusters: if you want to use them, you better be prepared to stand up and keep talking for 24 hours. If you want to claim a privilege, you need to be ready to sleep in jail for a couple of days. But I would like to hear that I'm wrong, and that journalists in the US have suffered real hardship for protecting a source. Can we have a follow up on that?